The cricket bandwagon was in town, for the opening T20 International on Sunday, and it was just as well that no member of the West Indian team was around when the Cricket Association of Bengal celebrated its second Jagmohan Dalmiya Annual Conclave at the Eden Gardens yesterday.

Graeme Smith set the ball rolling with the memorial lecture before Brian Lara, Carl Hooper, Mohammed Azharuddin, Rohit Sharma and Sourav Ganguly, who is the currently the CAB president, joined a panel discussion on the Hero Cup victory, which happened 25 years ago at this very ground. Lara and Hooper, members of the team considered favourites to lift the trophy, recalled how Anil Kumble was 'unplayable' on the night of the final.